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uPLIoATIoN PATENTED AUG. 1, 1905.

W. c. KYLE. HAY STAGKER.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE Z5. 1904.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

WILLIAM O. KYLE, OF POCAHON'IAS, ILLINOIS.

HAY-STAGKER.

. To all whom #rma/y concern:

vmore particularly to an appliance for delivering the 'hay in quantitiesdirectfrom the ield to a point at the top of the rick or stack, wherebythe hay may be received by the stacker and properly placed in positionso that the hay may be safelyvdisposed away for future use; and myinvention consists of certain novel features of combination andconstruction of parts, the preferred form whereof will be hereinafterclearly set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

The main object of my invention is to provide a portable appliance ofthe character specified which may be easily moved from place to place,as from one part of a field to another or from one meadow to anothersimilar field, and may be conveniently folded and stored within acomparatively small amount of space when not required for use.

Other objects and advantages will `be hereinafter made clearly apparent,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are made apartof this application, and in Which- Figure 1 shows a perspective Viewof my Fig. 2- is necting the draft-animals to my hay-deliver- Fig. 3 isa side elevation, partly in section, of my invention complete ready foruse and with the hay-pushing appliance lifted to the highest point. Fig.l is a detail view showing part of the framework Fig. 5 is a sectionalview of Fig.

Fig. 7 is a detail View, partly in section, showing a portion of theframework of the hay-pushing appliance and the carrying-roller thereforas seen from the dotted line 7 7 on Fig. 1.

'Specification of Letters Patent.

.Application filed June 25, 1904:. Serial No. 214,160.

Patented Aug. 1, 1905.

For convenience of reference to the various details of my invention andcooperating accessories numerals will be employed, the same numeralapplying topa similar part throughout the several views. 4

y Referring to the numerals on the drawings, 1 and 2 designate thesupporting-sills, preferably made in the form of runners properlybeveled at eachend, so that the same may be drawn in either direction,`and also properly reinforced upon their lower edges with an antiwearing.plate or bar 3, as will be clearly observed in the several views of thedrawings.

Upon the runners thus or otherwise constructed I erect the framework ofmy 'machine, consisting of two or more uprights 4:, erected upon therunner 1, and two or more relatively shorter uprights 5, erected uponthe runner 2, said standards 4 having the crossbeam 6 at their upperends, while the standards 5 have the cross-'beam 7, corresponding inlength with the cross-beam 6, but of much less height. Upon thecross-beam 6 and 7 I secure a plurality of inclined members 8, thedegree of inclination of said members being of course determined by therelative position of the cross-,beams 6 and 7, it being understood thatthe uprights 4L and 5 are properly reinforced and strengthened bysuitable bracing-sections 9, arranged in any preferred way. .The lowerends of the members 8 reach slightlyl below the cross-beam 7, and theirlength of reach is supplemented by the auxiliary inclined members 10,there being a plurality of said members, corresponding in number to themenn-y bers 8, and the upper ends of the members 10 may be pivotallyconnected in any preferred way to the lower ends of'said members 8, as

by the bolts 11 or equivalent thereof. The lower ends of the members 10are beveled, so that they will rest squarely upon the ground, saidbeveled ends being designated by the numeral 12, and near the lower andupper ends of each of the members 10 I also provide' the recesses 13 and14:, respectively, whereby when the members are not in use they may belifted off of the' bolts 11 and placed alongside of the members 8, therecess 13 receiving the bolt 1l. InV some instances, however, the upperends of the members 10 may be provided with an aperture to receivethebolt or'lugll, in which case the lower ends of the members 10 may beswung upward, so that said members will rest parallel and alongside ofthe members 8, and thus be disposed out of the way and held againstcasual displacement until it is again desired that the members 10 shallbe lowered into their operative positions. It will thus be seen that Ihave provided an inclined way or, chute leading up to the desiredheight, as to the top of the stack or rick to be formed or to an openingin the gable of a hay-barn, and itis up said inclined way that I deliverthe hay to be ricked or mowed away, which deliveryI accomplish by whatIterm the pushing appliance, consisting in this instance of a snitableframework comprising the side bars 15, connected together at their upperends by a cross-bar 16, and to said cross-bar I provide a plurality ofuprights 17, to which are secured a plurality of supplementarycross-bars 18, there being any preferred number of said cross-barsdeemed necessary to carry a requisite load of hay, straw, or the like. Ialso provide the auxiliary bracing-bars 19 to give rigidity and strengthto the framework of the pusher. The lower or outer ends of thepushing-bars 15 are connected together by the cross-bar 20, and mountedbelow said crossbar is the antifriction or carrying roller 21, while atthe upper end of the framework I also operatively mount in suitablebearings the supplementary rollers 22 and 23, or a single roller may beproperly secured in place, if preferred, and it therefore follows thatthe pusher-frame and the load carried thereby may be easily moved up theinclined chute at the expense of a minimum amount of friction, inasmuchas said rollers will sustain the entire load and freely turn in theperformance of their office.

To the lower ends of the bars 15 I pivotally connect a frameworkconsisting of the pushing-bars 24 and 25, which are brought neartogether at their outer ends and pivetally connected with thecarrying-truck 26, to which latter I attach the guiding-tongue 27, saidtongue being secured in connection with the truck in any preferred way.To the outer end of the tongue 27 I provide an antifrictionroller 28,disposed upon the under side thereof. I also secure to the outer end ofthe tongue 27 an upwardly-extending bracket or doubletree-seat 29, towhich the doubletree 30 is secured, as with the -king-bolt 31, it beingunderstood that said doubletree is provided with swingletrees 32, towhich the drafti, animals may be attached and by means of sired point inthe field when the hay is to he ricked or contiguous to the open gableof a hay-barn when the hay is to be placed in the mow. The hay to beelevated is then deposited in any desired manner at the bottom of theinclined way, when the pusher, actuated by the force of the team ofhorses or the like, may be caused to act upon the hay thus dcposited andcause the same to be forced up the inclined way and forced off of theupper end thereof, the hay, straw, or the like thus delivered being inposition to be received by the stacker and deposited in proper positionupon the rick or in the mow.

The various parts of my invention may he cheaply and expeditiouslymanufactured and readily assembled each in its respective operativeposition, and while I have described the preferred combination andconstruction of parts I desire to comprehend in this application allsubstantial equivalents and substitutes which may be considered asfairly falling within the scope of my invention.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the construction andmanner of using my invention have thus been made clearly apparent,though it may be stated that the operation thereof is as follows: Afterthe inclined gnideway has been located at the proper point where therick is to be builded the hay or the like is deposited as with any kindof hay-raking appliance at the bottom of said inclined way and a team ofhorses is hitched .to the swingletrees, so that they will stand facing'the inclined way and the pusher. The team is then forced to traveltoward the inclined way, which drives the pusher-head with itsaccompanying load, forcing said load up the inclined way to the extremehighest point thereof, when the load will fall olf of the npper end ofthe inclined way into proper position to be received and disposed of bythe stackers employed to properly dispose the hay, &c., at proper partsof the rick, so that the latter will be builded up uniformly and in amanner to insure that the latter will be protected from rain when therick is completed.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isM

The herein described ricking appliance com prisinga framework mountedupon carrying-runners, a plurality of inclined bars secured to saidframe and disposed at right angles to the longitudinal plane of saidrunners, a plurality of auxiliary inclined members pivotally secured tothe lower ends of said inclined bars whereby a continuons gnidewayreaching from the ground to the highest point desired will be provided,a bolt 11 projecting from the lower end of each of said inclined barsand adapted to be engaged by the slot 14 to this specification in thepresence of two subscrlbing Witnesses.

WILLIAM C. KYLE.

Witnesses: 4 WM. T. EASLEY, D. R. WILKINS.

